Shift Lever and Short Shifters

[baaaaaaa]

I am looking to upgrade to either a z3 1.9 or z4 3.0 shifter. I just purchased a nice stock leather shift knob and boot. With these or any of the short shifters work well with my stock knob and boot?

[enigmaticdream]

I installed a z4 3.0 short shifter today. It required me to bend the selector rod. The reverse gear was the closest to the harmonic dampener, so I cleared it about 4-5mm. The hardest part was removing the front selector's circlip area, which didn't have a circlip. It had a metal washer instead. After I took a pic of the blind area I was working in I realised how simple it was.

The shifts are perfect. Very exact and only a little bit more effort over the stock m20 shifter. It takes a little more effort when getting on it, but I imagine it will go down over time. Anyone who thinks it is too hard is either hitting a dampener or is a nancy.

[CabbE30]

i had one of those. it was notchy and definitely reduced throw.

Worth the $36?

[immajackuup]

looking to get a short shifter myself but keep getting mix review on needing to bend selector shaft,the shaft it self or no need of bending anything just simple plug and play.

[bataangpinoy]

i had one of those. it was notchy and definitely reduced throw.

[CabbE30]

Do it and let us know. Its cheap if it works.

[E30_80Y]

has anyone tried this? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1997-...Q5fAccessories

[E30_(1st Musk)_]

if you're talking about doing the bushings, i gave up on that. the lever install was cake...but the bushings are beyond my level of effort, and maybe ability. i felt so fuckin stupid because i had done the timing belt the week before and i couldn't figure out a couple stupid bushings.

what made it hard? moving around the driveshart? bitch clip?

I should post a picture of my urh, short shifter gone rally. I used an x5 lever so at the top it's shorter but stands taller than stock. I was going toput my zhp knob back on but finishing my m52 swap, aaron (cahomey) put his trm tall shifter ontop of that for laughs but I like it and it stuck. Reverse just clears the steering wheel and rests beside it at about 4 o'clock.

zhp for sale perhaps?

[Justin B]

I should post a picture of my urh, short shifter gone rally. I used an x5 lever so at the top it's shorter but stands taller than stock. I was going toput my zhp knob back on but finishing my m52 swap, aaron (cahomey) put his trm tall shifter ontop of that for laughs but I like it and it stuck. Reverse just clears the steering wheel and rests beside it at about 4 o'clock.

[mkcman17]

I tried to install a Z3 1.9 shifter today with all new bushings from Pelican parts.

EPIC FAIL. I only have one day a week I can work on my E30 and it has been down for two weeks now. I got stumped last week because I had to order a new rubber boot. Somehow I missed that you have to bend the selector rod for a 1.9 Z3. I was going to pull an all-nighter to get everything back together (had to do some driveshaft work too), but I don't have a vice to bend the rod. Guess I'll have to wait until next Thursday. ARGH, this is so frustrating. I don't know how you guys who did it in 30 minutes pulled that off. I spent over an hour just getting my leaky shift selector seal out.

if you're talking about doing the bushings, i gave up on that. the lever install was cake...but the bushings are beyond my level of effort, and maybe ability. i felt so fuckin stupid because i had done the timing belt the week before and i couldn't figure out a couple stupid bushings.

[matias88e30]

Very helpfull man!! i get it now. i think i know what i want for xmas! a little project lol. i cutted the shifter lever on my e30 a while ago along with the original plastic knob... it was nice for a few months but then it sucked!.. i went to the junkyard got a new shifter and replace it. i have to remove the whole shifting mechanism cause the ring that holds the shifter was a bitch to get out nd didnt have the right tool. do it right! not like i did

[bmw2002tiiagave]

I just picked up a DSSR. I don't know what kinda sort shifter came with my car, but it had threads on the pivot point. I'm hoping it fits lol.

[Eric]

So is there any shifter that can bolt up without being bent? It seems that there isn't a strong consensus regarding whether the selector has to be bent or not. I just want something cheap and simple to improve the slop on my 91 318i. I'm not really concerned with the "shortest" possible throw, just something cheap and easy that bolts right in. It sounds like Cloudbase didn't have this experience and thats what I'm afraid of...

the slop isn't from the shift lever itself. It's from all the connecting points between the transmission and the shift lever that give it slop. Replace all the correct parts and the original shift lever will feel great.

[ReallyDirtyThirty]

So is there any shifter that can bolt up without being bent? It seems that there isn't a strong consensus regarding whether the selector has to be bent or not. I just want something cheap and simple to improve the slop on my 91 318i. I'm not really concerned with the "shortest" possible throw, just something cheap and easy that bolts right in. It sounds like Cloudbase didn't have this experience and thats what I'm afraid of...

[Cloudbase]

I tried to install a Z3 1.9 shifter today with all new bushings from Pelican parts.

EPIC FAIL. I only have one day a week I can work on my E30 and it has been down for two weeks now. I got stumped last week because I had to order a new rubber boot. Somehow I missed that you have to bend the selector rod for a 1.9 Z3. I was going to pull an all-nighter to get everything back together (had to do some driveshaft work too), but I don't have a vice to bend the rod. Guess I'll have to wait until next Thursday. ARGH, this is so frustrating. I don't know how you guys who did it in 30 minutes pulled that off. I spent over an hour just getting my leaky shift selector seal out.